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so here again is one person. >> host: what grade would you give the u.s. military, the pentagon, demented untried administration and how they are dealing with these wounded warriors? >> very low-grade. they do a number of things that are correct that i didn't put in the book. one is the way time until you get help. there's a lot of paperwork. they get tired or they don't have money. you have to wait too long to get help. if you wait too long, you commit suicide. they will put in their computers date they saw them as the date that they actually asked for. and so they say publicly that had a 90% rate of responding to veterans. they don't. i would say a 40%. so they are not equipped to deal with the millions of people coming home that are traumatized, one dead, upset. they are not dealing with them all. >> host: as we wrap up, marguerite, and palaces for change to? the writing of this book, how did it change you? >> guest: it changed me enormously. see i didn't know much about the military and i was an antiwar activist when i was yelling. and now i think, it'
so here again is one person. >> host: what grade would you give the u.s. military, the pentagon, demented untried administration and how they are dealing with these wounded warriors? >> very low-grade. they do a number of things that are correct that i didn't put in the book. one is the way time until you get help. there's a lot of paperwork. they get tired or they don't have money. you have to wait too long to get help. if you wait too long, you commit suicide. they will put in...
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revealed that u.s. actually had extreme superiority in strategic striking power assumed this was the way for khrushchev to recoop that on the cheek. let's move to another subject dealt with interestingly in the book. of course, kennedy's concerned about the domestic political ramifications in the week, and it's certainly those even in uniform chiefs of staff that warned if kennedy did not act strongly, he was told this is apiecement. the issue of managing public opinion is something you bring out interesting, not just during the crisis because it's well-known that when the excom met before kennedy's speech, there were efforts by kennedy to contact publishers to hold off, but the news management angle in the aftermath, talk about that. >> guest: this dates back to the summer of 1962, and kennedy is concerned about leaks of national security information turning up on the front page of the "new york times". there's estimates that are very high level intelligence estimates that are actuallily fairly widely
revealed that u.s. actually had extreme superiority in strategic striking power assumed this was the way for khrushchev to recoop that on the cheek. let's move to another subject dealt with interestingly in the book. of course, kennedy's concerned about the domestic political ramifications in the week, and it's certainly those even in uniform chiefs of staff that warned if kennedy did not act strongly, he was told this is apiecement. the issue of managing public opinion is something you bring...
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here, again, is one person. >> host: what grade would you give the u.s. military, the pentagon, the veteran's administration, and how they are # dealing with these wounded warriors? >> guest: very low grade, very low grade. they do a number of things that are not correct that i didn't put in the book, and one is the wait time until you get help. if you -- there's a lot of paperwork. they get tired. they don't have money, this and that. you have to wait too long to get help. if you wait too long, you commit suicide. they put in their computers the date they saw them as the date that they actually asked for, and so they say publicly that they have a 90% rate of responding to veterans. they don't. i would say a 40% rate. they are not equipped to deal with the millions of people coming home traumatized, wounded, upset. they are not dealing with them all. >> host: as we wrap up, how this book changed you, the writing of the book, how did it change you? >> guest: enormously. it -- see, i didn't know much about the military, and i was an antiwar activist when i
here, again, is one person. >> host: what grade would you give the u.s. military, the pentagon, the veteran's administration, and how they are # dealing with these wounded warriors? >> guest: very low grade, very low grade. they do a number of things that are not correct that i didn't put in the book, and one is the wait time until you get help. if you -- there's a lot of paperwork. they get tired. they don't have money, this and that. you have to wait too long to get help. if you...
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a year before the u.s. had revealed that the u.s. actually had extreme superiority in the strategic striking power and was presumed this was a way to recruit that. let's move to another subject that you deal with very interestingly in the book. of course kennedy is concerned about the domestic political ramifications, and certainly the uniform joint chiefs of staff warned that if kennedy didn't act strongly he faced appeasement. the issue of managing public opinion is something that you bring out your interestingly not only during, because of course during the ex-con meeting before kennedy's speech there were efforts by kennedy to contact publishers to get them to hold off on revealing the aspect the news management in goal and the aftermath is something you go into more deeply pitted talk about that. >> guest: this respect to the summer of 62. kennedy is concern about leaks of security information turning up on the front page of "the new york times," national intelligence estimates which are high level of intelligence estimates that
a year before the u.s. had revealed that the u.s. actually had extreme superiority in the strategic striking power and was presumed this was a way to recruit that. let's move to another subject that you deal with very interestingly in the book. of course kennedy is concerned about the domestic political ramifications, and certainly the uniform joint chiefs of staff warned that if kennedy didn't act strongly he faced appeasement. the issue of managing public opinion is something that you bring...
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not only the u.s. soldiers who suffer there and come home and suffer here, but whole populations in afghanistan and iraq who are suffering post traumatic stress disorder. >> guest: terrible, terrible. i, um had for dinner one young iraqi -- my niece is a dean of simmons, and she was outraged at what happened, and she went to jordan to help the librarians in the museum, brought over two young iraqis to get a ph.d.. i had one for dinner who i'm very fond of, and whenever he comes over, he brings me a gift and puts his hand over his heart. and he told me that his sister lost her husband and every single one of her children. so she's alone. that one just, that was extraordinarily -- how can you live and lose everyone that you love? how can you? um, is this post traumatic stress? will you sleep? would you not have nightmares? would you not -- because we all have memories, and we can, we have bad memories and good memories. we can put them away. can you put this memory away? can a soldier put this memory awa
not only the u.s. soldiers who suffer there and come home and suffer here, but whole populations in afghanistan and iraq who are suffering post traumatic stress disorder. >> guest: terrible, terrible. i, um had for dinner one young iraqi -- my niece is a dean of simmons, and she was outraged at what happened, and she went to jordan to help the librarians in the museum, brought over two young iraqis to get a ph.d.. i had one for dinner who i'm very fond of, and whenever he comes over, he...
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was there this lingering sense of he pulled a fast when i should add it wasn't just a u.s. official in congress and american politics. there were those in the right-wing that were saying this is our chance to get rid of this regime. how do we know that they won't hide missiles in caves or something like that? so how did kennedy few khrushchev once he had agreed to pull the missiles out? did he begin to change his view with him? >> guest: i am not sure. i think it took a while. we were talking about verifying before talking. talking became gradually again once the, once the surveillance was shown that the soviets were in fact following through and they were dismantling and they started to realize that yes the soviets in khrushchev in particular was and later on there were actually moments where -- because once we get through -- see the end of the missile crisis is traditionally when the quarantine ends and the nature of that deal is essentially that there are these long-range bombers in cuba, that there are three weeks of negotiations and it's not something we have to get ri
was there this lingering sense of he pulled a fast when i should add it wasn't just a u.s. official in congress and american politics. there were those in the right-wing that were saying this is our chance to get rid of this regime. how do we know that they won't hide missiles in caves or something like that? so how did kennedy few khrushchev once he had agreed to pull the missiles out? did he begin to change his view with him? >> guest: i am not sure. i think it took a while. we were...
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you have a very good life, and that option is really not available in the u.s. anymore, and i think that is really messed up a lot of men. that is really something that men have had a hard time recovering from in this generation. >> host: what you think that is? >> guest: you know, somebody said to me something so obvious that i have not thought of in this town in alabama that the right about. you have these women in get call themselves feminists and really have not been the question, so the don't like the situation where there suddenly -- they don't believe that they should be the head of there household, but they find themselves in this position and basically start at the bottom and work their way up. but if you ask someone who had a life tended to henry was making a lot of money in doing pretty well, to start again at the bottom, that's harder. it's harder than for the women who -- for of even if they don't call themselves feminists and want to be in this position, it's kind of exciting. you're making a paycheck, letting his skills. that's easier than to ask
you have a very good life, and that option is really not available in the u.s. anymore, and i think that is really messed up a lot of men. that is really something that men have had a hard time recovering from in this generation. >> host: what you think that is? >> guest: you know, somebody said to me something so obvious that i have not thought of in this town in alabama that the right about. you have these women in get call themselves feminists and really have not been the...
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but this is at the u.s. supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to this factor, and what you make of it, this contrasted very brainy individual. >> guest: i thought that i needed to explain that his boredom, i think the title of the chapter, and i didn't title this, ward at the court. there is no doubt in my mind that he was intellectually challenged by most of the work that the court appeared he had been warned about this by bill douglas. bill douglas took him under his wing as a young man, and these guys were so ideologically opposite, polar opposites, and yet, bill douglas believed that as a young man coming on the court, whose 47 years old when he came onto the court, he was even much younger when he was nominated. but he believed that he inculcated that you have to have a lot of other -- a lot of other pursuits. i think that if he had not been nominated to be the chief -- he just needed vast stimulus, really. because he was so smart. and so i think that if he had not been nominated to be the chief, it
but this is at the u.s. supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to this factor, and what you make of it, this contrasted very brainy individual. >> guest: i thought that i needed to explain that his boredom, i think the title of the chapter, and i didn't title this, ward at the court. there is no doubt in my mind that he was intellectually challenged by most of the work that the court appeared he had been warned about this by bill douglas. bill douglas took him under his...
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that rehnquist was and that the chief is is really the head of the entire administrative office of the u.s. courts. he sort of runs the entire court system, and that's a whole part of his administrative responsibility that the other eight justices don't have. but that's what a chief justice does. >> host: and we'll talk a little bit about how he got into that position, but let's go back to the beginning. wisconsin, a suburb of milwaukee, he was born october 1st, right around this time, 1924. his father was a paper salesman, and his mother was a homemaker, but she was the dominant force in the household, right? tell me a little bit about, um, mrs. rehnquist and a little bit about how she got him to change his middle name which was what changed the course of his life. >> guest: well, she was very superstitious in terms of the middle name. they named him william donald rehnquist when he was born on october 1st in 1924. and, um, his mother, though, believed, um, she was really a very, very fascinating woman. she spoke five languages in addition to english. don't ask me what those fife were, th
that rehnquist was and that the chief is is really the head of the entire administrative office of the u.s. courts. he sort of runs the entire court system, and that's a whole part of his administrative responsibility that the other eight justices don't have. but that's what a chief justice does. >> host: and we'll talk a little bit about how he got into that position, but let's go back to the beginning. wisconsin, a suburb of milwaukee, he was born october 1st, right around this time,...
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it it is at the u.s. supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to the boredom factor. when what do you make of it when you crassty contrast it to the brainy individual. >>>> guest: i thought i needed to explain why he did the other things i think the dore come, i think the title of the chapter, and i did title the chapter "bored at the court." there was no doubt in my mind he wasn't challenged by much of the work. he had been warned about this by bill douglas. he took him under his wing and they were so ideologically opposite and yet bill douglas believed that as a young man coming on the court, he was 7 when he came to the court. douglas even younger when he was mom nominated by fdr. you have to have a lot of other pursuits. ic that if william was bored, i think if he had not been nominate to be the chief, he needed vast stimulus, really, because he was so smart. and so i think that if he had not been nominated to be chief, it's clear to me going back and reading my interview transcript with him he would
it it is at the u.s. supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to the boredom factor. when what do you make of it when you crassty contrast it to the brainy individual. >>>> guest: i thought i needed to explain why he did the other things i think the dore come, i think the title of the chapter, and i did title the chapter "bored at the court." there was no doubt in my mind he wasn't challenged by much of the work. he had been warned about this by bill...
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that is really not available in in the u.s. anymore and i think that is really messed up a lot of men and that is really something that men have had a hard time recovering from. >> host: . [inaudible] >> guest: somebody said something so obvious that i hadn't thought of. and a talent in alabama that i write about you do not call yourself a feminist. they are christians so they don't like the situation where they are suddenly -- they don't believe they should be the head of their household but they find themselves in this position. they basically started the bottom and weight -- worked their way up but if you ask someone if he was making a lot of money and doing pretty well to start again in the bottom, that's harder. it's harder for the women for whom even if they don't call themselves feminists and don't want to be in a position, you are suddenly making a paycheck and learning new schools and learning new things about yourself. that's easier than to ask a guy to start from the bottom again or to say hustle so i got a sense eve
that is really not available in in the u.s. anymore and i think that is really messed up a lot of men and that is really something that men have had a hard time recovering from. >> host: . [inaudible] >> guest: somebody said something so obvious that i hadn't thought of. and a talent in alabama that i write about you do not call yourself a feminist. they are christians so they don't like the situation where they are suddenly -- they don't believe they should be the head of their...
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factor making $70,000-$100,000 a year, had a good life, and that option is really not available in the u.s. anymore, and i think that's really messed up a lot of men. i mean, that's really something that men have had a hard time recovering from in this generation. >> host: why do you think that is? >> guest: you know, somebody -- somebody said to me something so obvious that i have not thought of in this town in alabama that i write about. there's women who do not call themselves feminists and christians so they don't like the situation where they are suddenly -- they don't believe they should be the head of their household, but they find themselves in this position. they basically started at the bottom and worked up, but if you ask of someone who had a life handed to him basically where he was making money and doing well to start again at the bottom, line, that's harder, you know, it's harder than for the women who, for whom even if they don't call themselves feminists and don't want to be in the position, it's exciting, you make a paycheck, learn new skill, learning about yourself. that'
factor making $70,000-$100,000 a year, had a good life, and that option is really not available in the u.s. anymore, and i think that's really messed up a lot of men. i mean, that's really something that men have had a hard time recovering from in this generation. >> host: why do you think that is? >> guest: you know, somebody -- somebody said to me something so obvious that i have not thought of in this town in alabama that i write about. there's women who do not call themselves...